Hi guys! This is the first of the videos from my campervan trip. I’m really proud of this video and how it came out, and if you like it, I would really appreciate if you could share it. 🙏🏻The algorithm doesn’t seem to pick up these kinds of videos and I would really appreciate the help! Thank you 🙌🏻
Clisare!! Clare!!!!! This is one of your great productions!!! Your series of travelling throughout Ireland and sharing your journeys is absolutely PERFECT!!!! From the Irish Gaeilgeoir cafe to this workhouse video, your sensibilities and unique perspective showcase Ireland as she is!!!!! Go raibh maith agat!!!!!!! 🇮🇪☘️💚
This is very interesting and would be worth a visit for sure . This man is a storyteller for sure . Very respectfully though, he refers often to the famine , and this place is called the famine workhouse, when really there was never any such event as a famine in Ireland . It was an absolute genocide . A famine is a massive shortage of food , and by his own commentary, we had lots of food in Ireland at that time , grown and shipped under armed British guard to England . If this hadn’t been the case , Irish people would not have starved . The potatoe was the only crop that failed , and less affluent people were overly dependent on it for sure , but there was an abundance of other crops available. It’s not a nice word , but in the interest of actual accurate history , we need to use it instead of the fallacy the word “famine” conjures . Very interesting video .
@@20yearsinthecan657 🇮🇪☘️💯 I fully agree with and appreciate your words! An Gorta Mór was a Genocide perpetrated by the English against the Irish! All the propaganda by England cannot re-write historic facts! Éire go brách!!! 💚🇮🇪☘️ Tiocfaidh ár lá!!! ☘️🇮🇪💚
How were you able to get through this tour without crying your eyes out?! He is such a storyteller, but the pain comes through his stories. Thank you so much for introducing the world to this remarkable man, and thank you for sharing your adventure with us. 💖
Janet Lykins… Right!??! I was filled with emotion simply watching Clare’s video of Michael Creagh and this workhouse. I couldn’t imagine my reactions to visiting the place! Thank you for sharing your feedback!!!
Michael is such a good storyteller! So engaging and welcoming. And his dog 😭The sweetest ❤Thank you, Clare, for taking us along and showing all the different facets of Ireland. Hope to visit your wonderful country one day.
What a fine gentleman! He is so knowledgeable, so friendly and so welcoming! I have a feeling that, were I to have an opportunity to visit, I would be sorely tempted to overstay my welcome. I could listen to his stories, his poems, and his songs for days! And, now that I know he doesn't keep a store of biscuits there, I'd be glad to bring along a supply from Newfoundland! You've done him a wonderful service in this video, Clare; I hope it brings him many visitors and sells lots of books for his benefit! Cheers from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada! 🇨🇦
Carol Murphy… Thank you for your deep sensitivity, kindness and compassion! I was thinking the same about bringing Michael the biscuits! Ha! (But, ONLY for the guests as he is trying to kick the habit! Haha!) Your sharing about overstaying your welcome is another point on which I met with you!!! Ha! I think I could sit and listen to Mr. Michael Creagh for hours! Thank you so very much for sharing your response! Your Light Shines so Brilliantly that I can see it from where I am!!!! Go raibh maith agat!!! 🇮🇪☘️🇨🇦
Thank you for introducing us to Michael Creagh. What a lovely gentleman! It's great that he tells the history like it was and doesn't try to sugar-coat it. He has a real passion for his subject. And his dog is adorable!
Damn Clare! Great vid, but not what I was expecting. Michael and his poetry almost brought this tuff old man to tears! I can't imagine the suffering those poor people endured! ☹
Michael was not just a storyteller but a living tribute to a piece of Irish history. I knew, of course, of the infamous potato famine but found a great disconnect in my thinking of the reasons and the extent of the human suffering involved. Michael's tales also connected many dots of the traditional hatred of the British due to their extensive mistreatment of the Irish people. Hard to believe that it was "civilized people" that perpetuated this suffering, but I guess mankind can be equally evil as well as loving. Thank you, Clare for bringing this video to us...I now know what my next bit of research is going to be focused on. I hope I get this right: Go n-éireodh muintir na hÉireann i gcónaí os cionn a n-am atá caite le dea-ghreann agus le dea-ádh.
'Civilized' people are quite often the cause of suffering for others. Many a 'civilized' government and country has allowed slavery, and even perpetuated it and profited from it.
@@ifxequalswhy Indeed. That is often because the "civilized" are the ones who spend a lot of time and energy telling everyone how great and compassionate they are. Let the deeds match the words.
Steve Cabrera… Thank you for sharing your feedback about this video by Clare. I, too, felt a strong response to this video. For me it was a visceral reaction. My very best to you in your research endeavors. If you ever want or need a reader or editor, please feel free to consider me as one. (Humbly, I have skills in this area.) Regardless, please know that I wish you the best in your journey! My best to you and yours!
I think a lot of people forget about the Irish potato famine. It was devastating. I’m in Ireland now. I’ll try to visit this place. Thank you for sharing ❤
My wife and I honeymooned in Ireland back in 2014. We based at a B&B in Birr and drove around the entire country over a two-week period, just following those brown signs and asking locals what was worth checking out. It was some of the most fun and enjoyable adventures I've ever had in my life. Some of the locals thought we were crazy for driving over 2k KMs in two weeks though. lol
Wow, what a sobering video. It's hard to imagine what life was like in the workhouses. Makes me appreciate what i have, and ashamed for complaining about life's little inconveniences. Thanks for introducing Michael and sharing his knowledge!
Wow! What an amazing tour. My ancestors smuggled themselves out of Ireland during the famine. This gives their desperation a lot more context. Thank you for documenting this. And the curator, what a wonderful man.
I knew that famine was bad, but Michael literally brings me to tears feeling the pain of that famine. That tour brought something to life that seem flat and vaguely so far away.
Michael had every ounce of my attention and gripped me the whole time. I didn't even realize I started crying when he sang until the video was over. He is doing something so important while being so real and lovely. Thank you for sharing this with all of us.
He's brilliant, Clare, and though I can tell the place is his passion, he should be telling the story everywhere. The schools were my first thought. Thank you for this and well done. You let him talk and he did very well.
CLISARE THIS WAS YET ANOTHER HIDDEN TREASURE TROVE IN IRELAND THAT IS NOT WELL DOCUMENTED BY THE ENGLISH FILM MAKERS. MICHAEL HAS SHOWN EXCELLENT QUALITY IN HIS HEART TOUCHING STORIES OF THE PAST OF MY ANCESTORS HYSTERICAL AND HARDSHIPS UNTOLD. MAY OUR IRISH HEARTS BEAT LOUDLY TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES TO THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE PAST. GOD BLESS YOU MY MAYO FRIEND!☘🇮🇪🙏
I came for the comedy but I left with tears. What a story and the man telling them. I'm glad you posted a longer video. The place, the history and Michael definitely deserve it. Kudos
My short attention span often has my mind wandering even during the most interesting videos I watch, but Michael had my rapt attention the whole time. He truly is wonderful.
What a treat that you found Michael! He is an absolute well of knowledge and tells the stories with clarity and heart. As you discovered, he's also a lovely, multi-talented and modest man! Thank you, Clare, for introducing Michael to a wider audience. This is a super video - I'll definitely be following your campervan adventures as you seek out more hidden gems!
That was definitely extensive. An educational history of a strong willed people. As desperate as conditions were they stayed and layed groundwork for the Republic. Beautiful
I would like to take Michael out for beer , and his poem made me cry and being English our history makes me cringe at times , a lot of times. Another brilliant video Clisare .
Thank you Claire for sharing this video. I'm English and learnt next to nothing in school about this shameful part of history. Michael does an amazing job there. X
That man is amazing. I got rather misty eyed as he started talking about the workhouse conditions, and the people who were camped outside the gates. Bless them all.
You hit it out of the ballpark when you found Michael. What a gem! Such a sad legacy we have. This was particularly poignant for me, my dad is from Laois, and his people the Laois/Kilkenny area. We visited the pauper's graveyard along the canal in Athy when I was home at Christmas and there certainly is an aura in these places, you can feel it. Must check this out when I'm home this summer.
Simply Jacinta, Thank you for sharing your sentiments. I, too, experienced a visceral reaction to this video and to Michael Creagh’s uncanny ability to tell the story of our people. My very best to you and yours!
This tour is relevant for today with the supply issues, the food issues and energy issues! So it is true back then and today events, it cause by in elected bureaucrats and governments, placing sanctions on other governments, which in return hurt the normal regular working people of the world! Man made! Thanks for the poem it touched my soul!
The bureaucrats worked to carry out the policies, but the major reasons for all the terrible misery were the wealthy of England and their plans, and the selfish business policies that controlled the British government ... these people did not step up and properly help ... in a world that they managed. A terrible situation, and a terrible failure.
That is an amazing video. That is such a sad story. I honestly hope all those souls who died in the famine find healing in their soul. Have a great evening.
This explains why finding Irish ancestors from the US before 1850 is so hard. The genocide from the English was so effective on every front, it's a wonder any of the Irish survived at all. I found my first (and so far only) DNA cousin in Ireland. We have no idea how we're related, but she's the only indication we've had that anyone else in Ireland survived at all. I'm appreciating what that means for the first time because of this. Thank you, Clare!
Thank you, Clisare, for sharing this with us. I am in America, and I am afraid that the majority of us are unaware of the hardships that the Irish people suffered under the British. I hope, sincerely, that you will continue with the history during your camping van travels. My heart aches for the souls of those lost. As a youngster, I learned about the tyranny of the American colonists under the British in our history class. We were not taught about the other colonies of the British empire. I can only imagine, after seeing this video, how badly the people were treated. The British, of course, believed that they were superior to all others. Much, I imagine, the same way that Hitler did. We can't change the past, but we can make the present and the future better by learning from it. Bless you for sharing this with us. I hope that the whole world can learn from it.
Ahh it's brilliant content like this that makes me proud to be a Patreon Clare. This was a brilliant Irish Bucket List viog!!! Thank you so much ☘️☘️☘️☘️
Wow, what an amazing video, of an incredibly sad but powerful place, featuring an absolute gem of a human being...and his cute doogo (Boop!) Sláinte! ~Be Blessed
Greetings Claire Again, another amazing adventure and historical presentation. Thank you very much for taking us with you. It was educational and rewarding.)) I see you found a way to be away from Alex for some long periods of time.)))) You little rascal!! With that said, I wish you ALL the best in your 'van life' adventures and look forward to viewing every single one of them. Please stay safe and healthy. Get out there and be the bold, daring, spitfire we know you can be. Remember you are smart, adventurous, clever, humorous, adorable, warrior-like, and remarkable woman. You have the full support of your community on these adventures.
I really loved this and the Tipperary pub video. Both were so touching and made me so emotional. Your editing is brilliant, and you really captured an essence in both places. Thank you for these videos 💚
That was amazing, Clare. I'm glad they didn't paint over the wall. And how many people would have even known that place and history even existed...wow. Can't wait to see your next adventure! Slàinte!
omg. I have been there in 2009. The workhouse museum was closed but Michael said, he'll open it up for us. He gave me and my family a dedicated tour. LOVED every minute of it.
Hi Clare loved this video. I love learning about Ireland, the history and culture. Keep them coming please. FYI. I grew up in England and now live in the USA but I recently found out both my biological parents were Irish. I always wondered why I loved Guinness so much. 😀
After all these years I finally get it. In Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window Thelma Ritter says to Jimmy Stewart "Congratulations, I sentence you to 5 years in Donaghmore Workhouse" I had no idea what it was and today I learned. Thank You.
WOW!!. I could listen to him all day. Thank you for sharing your wonderful adventure. I hope one day I will be able to return and visit Ireland again. It was the best trip I have ever had. It just amazed me that everyone I met on my visit was just like this wonderful man. I have never experienced hospitality as I received in Ireland.
Love Michael! What a lovely, passionate, man and great tour guide. Love the tours you do around Ireland as well! I wouldn't call the pathogen that caused the potato blight a "who" but scientists discovered the origins of it through DNA testing about a decade ago. Quite a fascinating story. Scientists assumed that the pathogen came from the U.S. but turned out it came from an area of central Mexico called Toluca Valley. There are several articles on the discovery for anyone interested in looking it up. The Smithsonian has a detailed article on it from 2013. "P. infestans is distributed worldwide, with the vast majority comprised of the destructive strain US-1. Most of the other strains of P. infestans occur only in Mexico’s Toluca Valley, where wild potato varieties are indigenous, so scientists long believed that US-1 had been responsible for the 1840s famine." "Now, an international group of scientists has gone back and sampled the DNA of Irish potato leaves preserved in the collections of London’s Kew Gardens since 1847. In doing so, they discovered that a unique, previously unknown strain of P. infestans that they call HERB-1 caused the blight." "when the researchers extracted small pieces of intact DNA from the old dried-out potato leaves, originally collected from from Ireland, Great Britain, Europe and North America, and compared them with present-day P. infestans specimens, they found that the strain responsible for the famine differed slightly from today’s US-1." "Based on their analysis of the genetic variation between the two strains and the other historical samples, they suggest that sometime in 1842 or 1843, the ancestor of the HERB-1 strain of P. infestans made it out of Mexico to North America and then to Europe, perhaps contained within the potatoes that ships carried as food for their passengers. Soon, it spread across the world, triggering famine in Ireland, and persisting until the 1970s, when it died out and was largely replaced by the US-1 strain. The two strains likely split apart sometime soon after their common ancestor made it out of Mexico." Fascinating detective work.
Michael is a treasure, as is his lovely dog. This is a deeply beautiful story - a sort of tribute to the forgotten. Beautiful but sad. Thank You for this wonderful video. Much love. Blessings ❤.
Clare, if you go to the Hill of Tara, you might meet another such wonderful person, IIRC, his name is also Michael. Not a tour guide per se, but knows quite a bit about the horses, he does. And Tara's pretty.
This is amazing, Clare. I love your videos and I don’t think I was ready for how heavy this episode is. Beautiful! Michael is a great storyteller. Thank you.
Great Vlog! As an American female I’ve traveled Ireland with girlfriends 5 times. We fly to Shannon then grab a car. We never arrange anything, traveling on a whim. We’ve stayed in B&B’s, Hostels and even atop of pubs guests of the owner. The Monistary hostel in Letterfrack is mind blowing especially if you visit the cemetery in the Connemara Forest.
That was great! Very educational and thorough history of the Famine Workhouses. I cannot help to envision "Oliver Twist" that took place in a Pauper's Workhouse but was in England not Ireland.
First comment! Looks like an interesting trip. We have a few agricultural fairs here in Massachusetts where I live that have informative attractions that are always cool to see. Editing this, the history of this place as a creamery is cool and that's the sort of attractions we have at our local fairs. The workhouse aspect of it is sad to hear but important to learn the history of. I think Michael does a great job telling the history of the place and doing so with his own personality.
I think the Irish helped the choctaw tribe during Covid as a way of saying they remember and are grateful for their help. But I’m not sure look it up tho.
Hi guys! This is the first of the videos from my campervan trip. I’m really proud of this video and how it came out, and if you like it, I would really appreciate if you could share it. 🙏🏻The algorithm doesn’t seem to pick up these kinds of videos and I would really appreciate the help! Thank you 🙌🏻
You should be proud! Very well done.
Very, very interesting & informative. But also so very sad.
Clisare!!
Clare!!!!!
This is one of your great productions!!!
Your series of travelling throughout Ireland and sharing your journeys is absolutely PERFECT!!!!
From the Irish Gaeilgeoir cafe to this workhouse video, your sensibilities and unique perspective showcase Ireland as she is!!!!!
Go raibh maith agat!!!!!!!
🇮🇪☘️💚
This is very interesting and would be worth a visit for sure . This man is a storyteller for sure . Very respectfully though, he refers often to the famine , and this place is called the famine workhouse, when really there was never any such event as a famine in Ireland . It was an absolute genocide . A famine is a massive shortage of food , and by his own commentary, we had lots of food in Ireland at that time , grown and shipped under armed British guard to England . If this hadn’t been the case , Irish people would not have starved . The potatoe was the only crop that failed , and less affluent people were overly dependent on it for sure , but there was an abundance of other crops available. It’s not a nice word , but in the interest of actual accurate history , we need to use it instead of the fallacy the word “famine” conjures . Very interesting video .
@@20yearsinthecan657
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I fully agree with and appreciate your words! An Gorta Mór was a Genocide perpetrated by the English against the Irish! All the propaganda by England cannot re-write historic facts! Éire go brách!!!
💚🇮🇪☘️
Tiocfaidh ár lá!!!
☘️🇮🇪💚
What a treasure Michael is. I hope you gave him the hug he deserved at the end of your tour. What a service he does for the public.
How were you able to get through this tour without crying your eyes out?! He is such a storyteller, but the pain comes through his stories. Thank you so much for introducing the world to this remarkable man, and thank you for sharing your adventure with us. 💖
Janet Lykins…
Right!??! I was filled with emotion simply watching Clare’s video of Michael Creagh and this workhouse.
I couldn’t imagine my reactions to visiting the place!
Thank you for sharing your feedback!!!
I love videos like this. Real Ireland away from the tourist traps. I love the culture and history. Thank you for making this!
Agreed!
Michael is such a good storyteller! So engaging and welcoming. And his dog 😭The sweetest ❤Thank you, Clare, for taking us along and showing all the different facets of Ireland. Hope to visit your wonderful country one day.
What a fine gentleman! He is so knowledgeable, so friendly and so welcoming! I have a feeling that, were I to have an opportunity to visit, I would be sorely tempted to overstay my welcome. I could listen to his stories, his poems, and his songs for days! And, now that I know he doesn't keep a store of biscuits there, I'd be glad to bring along a supply from Newfoundland! You've done him a wonderful service in this video, Clare; I hope it brings him many visitors and sells lots of books for his benefit! Cheers from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada! 🇨🇦
Carol Murphy…
Thank you for your deep sensitivity, kindness and compassion!
I was thinking the same about bringing Michael the biscuits! Ha! (But, ONLY for the guests as he is trying to kick the habit! Haha!)
Your sharing about overstaying your welcome is another point on which I met with you!!! Ha! I think I could sit and listen to Mr. Michael Creagh for hours!
Thank you so very much for sharing your response!
Your Light Shines so Brilliantly that I can see it from where I am!!!!
Go raibh maith agat!!!
🇮🇪☘️🇨🇦
Thank you for introducing us to Michael Creagh. What a lovely gentleman! It's great that he tells the history like it was and doesn't try to sugar-coat it. He has a real passion for his subject. And his dog is adorable!
This is what they don’t teach you in the schools here in the US.Thank you for posting this video.
It's fate nothing was open. He's singing the song❤️
Damn Clare! Great vid, but not what I was expecting. Michael and his poetry almost brought this tuff old man to tears! I can't imagine the suffering those poor people endured! ☹
What a beautiful man for remembering, reminding and honoring those lost
Wow.... sobbing 😭 What a wonderful man Michael is though! God bless him & you too Clisare! Lots of love!❤️
Thank you Clare, and thank you Michael.
Michael was not just a storyteller but a living tribute to a piece of Irish history. I knew, of course, of the infamous potato famine but found a great disconnect in my thinking of the reasons and the extent of the human suffering involved. Michael's tales also connected many dots of the traditional hatred of the British due to their extensive mistreatment of the Irish people. Hard to believe that it was "civilized people" that perpetuated this suffering, but I guess mankind can be equally evil as well as loving. Thank you, Clare for bringing this video to us...I now know what my next bit of research is going to be focused on. I hope I get this right: Go n-éireodh muintir na hÉireann i gcónaí os cionn a n-am atá caite le dea-ghreann agus le dea-ádh.
'Civilized' people are quite often the cause of suffering for others. Many a 'civilized' government and country has allowed slavery, and even perpetuated it and profited from it.
@@ifxequalswhy Indeed. That is often because the "civilized" are the ones who spend a lot of time and energy telling everyone how great and compassionate they are. Let the deeds match the words.
Steve Cabrera…
Thank you for sharing your feedback about this video by Clare.
I, too, felt a strong response to this video. For me it was a visceral reaction.
My very best to you in your research endeavors.
If you ever want or need a reader or editor, please feel free to consider me as one. (Humbly, I have skills in this area.) Regardless, please know that I wish you the best in your journey!
My best to you and yours!
I think a lot of people forget about the Irish potato famine. It was devastating. I’m in Ireland now. I’ll try to visit this place. Thank you for sharing ❤
Tell Michael I sent you pls 😍🥰
@@Clisareshould she send regards to Lily from Millie? Or did they not get on?
They never met. But the owners got on mightily as you can see !!
My wife and I honeymooned in Ireland back in 2014. We based at a B&B in Birr and drove around the entire country over a two-week period, just following those brown signs and asking locals what was worth checking out. It was some of the most fun and enjoyable adventures I've ever had in my life. Some of the locals thought we were crazy for driving over 2k KMs in two weeks though. lol
Brilliant mini documentary. Michael is a fantastic guide and storyteller.
Wow, what a sobering video. It's hard to imagine what life was like in the workhouses. Makes me appreciate what i have, and ashamed for complaining about life's little inconveniences. Thanks for introducing Michael and sharing his knowledge!
Wow! What an amazing tour. My ancestors smuggled themselves out of Ireland during the famine. This gives their desperation a lot more context. Thank you for documenting this. And the curator, what a wonderful man.
I knew that famine was bad, but Michael literally brings me to tears feeling the pain of that famine. That tour brought something to life that seem flat and vaguely so far away.
Michael had every ounce of my attention and gripped me the whole time. I didn't even realize I started crying when he sang until the video was over. He is doing something so important while being so real and lovely. Thank you for sharing this with all of us.
Thank you so much, I am so happy and thankful you enjoyed it that much! 🥰
Brilliant, Clisare. Thank you for this thoughtful piece, and for introducing us to such a kind, gentle man entrusted with such sad memories.
He's brilliant, Clare, and though I can tell the place is his passion, he should be telling the story everywhere. The schools were my first thought. Thank you for this and well done. You let him talk and he did very well.
CLISARE THIS WAS YET ANOTHER HIDDEN TREASURE TROVE IN IRELAND THAT IS NOT WELL DOCUMENTED BY THE ENGLISH FILM MAKERS. MICHAEL HAS SHOWN EXCELLENT QUALITY IN HIS HEART TOUCHING STORIES OF THE PAST OF MY ANCESTORS HYSTERICAL AND HARDSHIPS UNTOLD. MAY OUR IRISH HEARTS BEAT LOUDLY TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES TO THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE PAST. GOD BLESS YOU MY MAYO FRIEND!☘🇮🇪🙏
I came for the comedy but I left with tears. What a story and the man telling them.
I'm glad you posted a longer video. The place, the history and Michael definitely deserve it. Kudos
Love dog giving the stink eye (3:00), when Michael says”…and the British in their wisdom..”.
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It did look so..😄
Shane Minogue…
GREAT CATCH!! BRILLIANT!!!😂🤣😆
My short attention span often has my mind wandering even during the most interesting videos I watch, but Michael had my rapt attention the whole time. He truly is wonderful.
Thank you Mr. Michael for keeping history alive. 👍
What a treat that you found Michael! He is an absolute well of knowledge and tells the stories with clarity and heart. As you discovered, he's also a lovely, multi-talented and modest man! Thank you, Clare, for introducing Michael to a wider audience. This is a super video - I'll definitely be following your campervan adventures as you seek out more hidden gems!
Hi Vel. I have the kettle on !
That was definitely extensive. An educational history of a strong willed people. As desperate as conditions were they stayed and layed groundwork for the Republic. Beautiful
I would like to take Michael out for beer , and his poem made me cry and being English our history makes me cringe at times , a lot of times. Another brilliant video Clisare .
Thank you Claire for sharing this video. I'm English and learnt next to nothing in school about this shameful part of history. Michael does an amazing job there. X
A most interesting and educational video. Michael Creagh is a gem of a gentleman. Thank you, Clare, for sharing your adventures with us.
What a lovely man! Thank you for sharing your 'brown sign journey'!
Wow....what an amazing storyteller. Made me feel like I was there with you. Thank you for sharing!!
This is just the most wonderful TRUE history lesson.
That man is amazing. I got rather misty eyed as he started talking about the workhouse conditions, and the people who were camped outside the gates. Bless them all.
Your influencer talents are well spent on being a guardian and promoter of Irish voices.
RTÉ is blushing as you do their work on UA-cam.
What a wonderful and interesting gentleman!! Michael was just so lovely! I can wait to see more of your adventures.
the famine was sad. but you did great with this video. thank you claire
You hit it out of the ballpark when you found Michael. What a gem! Such a sad legacy we have. This was particularly poignant for me, my dad is from Laois, and his people the Laois/Kilkenny area. We visited the pauper's graveyard along the canal in Athy when I was home at Christmas and there certainly is an aura in these places, you can feel it. Must check this out when I'm home this summer.
Simply Jacinta,
Thank you for sharing your sentiments.
I, too, experienced a visceral reaction to this video and to Michael Creagh’s uncanny ability to tell the story of our people.
My very best to you and yours!
if i EVER make it to ireland, i hope this man is still alive because i want that tour, that was amazing!
Micheal is very talented ! What a great episode Claire I loved it !
Oh this was WONDERFUL to watch! Thank you Clisare for such an historic and educational tour. I can hardy wait for more of your bucket list adventures.
This gentleman named Michael is an absolute godsend. What a wealth of knowledge and temperament. Please send my appreciation from America for sharing.
Thanks for posting this, it was very moving.
Best type of tours. The people / stories and poems. Then that puts you back in time...
Oh doll 😭😭😭😭😭😭 excellent job and thank you so much. You're the best☺️☘️❤️
I love little history spots like this! Always a joy to see where your adventures take you.
Buying his poetry now. Beautiful. Or rather, beautiful illustrations of the awful.
OH MY GOD!!!
BEST video YET!!
MUCH more of THIS please!!!!!
Working on it! UA-cam’s algorithm doesn’t love these videos through so a share would really be appreciated! 🙏🏻
This tour is relevant for today with the supply issues, the food issues and energy issues! So it is true back then and today events, it cause by in elected bureaucrats and governments, placing sanctions on other governments, which in return hurt the normal regular working people of the world! Man made! Thanks for the poem it touched my soul!
The bureaucrats worked to carry out the policies, but the major reasons for all the terrible misery were the wealthy of England and their plans, and the selfish business policies that controlled the British government ... these people did not step up and properly help ... in a world that they managed. A terrible situation, and a terrible failure.
That is an amazing video. That is such a sad story. I honestly hope all those souls who died in the famine find healing in their soul. Have a great evening.
This explains why finding Irish ancestors from the US before 1850 is so hard. The genocide from the English was so effective on every front, it's a wonder any of the Irish survived at all.
I found my first (and so far only) DNA cousin in Ireland. We have no idea how we're related, but she's the only indication we've had that anyone else in Ireland survived at all. I'm appreciating what that means for the first time because of this. Thank you, Clare!
Thank you, Clisare, for sharing this with us. I am in America, and I am afraid that the majority of us are unaware of the hardships that the Irish people suffered under the British. I hope, sincerely, that you will continue with the history during your camping van travels. My heart aches for the souls of those lost. As a youngster, I learned about the tyranny of the American colonists under the British in our history class. We were not taught about the other colonies of the British empire. I can only imagine, after seeing this video, how badly the people were treated. The British, of course, believed that they were superior to all others. Much, I imagine, the same way that Hitler did. We can't change the past, but we can make the present and the future better by learning from it. Bless you for sharing this with us. I hope that the whole world can learn from it.
Bless you Clare!
Ahh it's brilliant content like this that makes me proud to be a Patreon Clare. This was a brilliant Irish Bucket List viog!!! Thank you so much ☘️☘️☘️☘️
Love this tour! Thank you for sharing the story of the workhouse.
Absolutely amazing. Thanks for taking us along.
Wow, what an amazing video, of an incredibly sad but powerful place, featuring an absolute gem of a human being...and his cute doogo (Boop!) Sláinte! ~Be Blessed
Greetings Claire
Again, another amazing adventure and historical presentation. Thank you very much for taking us with you. It was educational and rewarding.))
I see you found a way to be away from Alex for some long periods of time.)))) You little rascal!! With that said, I wish you ALL the best in your 'van life' adventures and look forward to viewing every single one of them. Please stay safe and healthy. Get out there and be the bold, daring, spitfire we know you can be.
Remember you are smart, adventurous, clever, humorous, adorable, warrior-like, and remarkable woman. You have the full support of your community on these adventures.
I really loved this and the Tipperary pub video. Both were so touching and made me so emotional. Your editing is brilliant, and you really captured an essence in both places. Thank you for these videos 💚
That was a wonderful tour! What an extraordinary guide.
That was amazing, Clare. I'm glad they didn't paint over the wall. And how many people would have even known that place and history even existed...wow. Can't wait to see your next adventure! Slàinte!
I absolutely loved this ❤ Michael is an amazing tour guide, I seriously learned a lot, thanks 🥰
Thank you for sharing this incredible history.
omg. I have been there in 2009. The workhouse museum was closed but Michael said, he'll open it up for us. He gave me and my family a dedicated tour. LOVED every minute of it.
Hi Clare loved this video. I love learning about Ireland, the history and culture. Keep them coming please. FYI. I grew up in England and now live in the USA but I recently found out both my biological parents were Irish. I always wondered why I loved Guinness so much. 😀
Best. Video. EVER!!!!
Interesting history to learn, my family is one of the many who went to America during the famine
After all these years I finally get it. In Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window Thelma Ritter says to Jimmy Stewart "Congratulations, I sentence you to 5 years in Donaghmore Workhouse" I had no idea what it was and today I learned. Thank You.
No way?! 😱
Powerful. Never forget. Thank you for sharing. Éirinn go Brách!
Oh, I'm so looking forward to this video!! 💞☘️
That was really great to watch. Michael was absolutely wonderful.
Thank you, Clare. That was eye-opening. And heart wrenching. That's all I can say.
Really great job... both you and Michael. Fascinating stories.
Wow!
How wonderful! Michael is such a great tour guide, so interesting! And he made you a cup of tea ❤️
This is the best thing I've seen, not just on UA-cam, but on the Internet. I thank you so much for it.
Thank you so much!! 😭 pls do share if you can 🙏🏻
Amazing video Clare, thank you for sharing it with us. What an emotional tour this must have been, especially with all that poetry and singing.
That was really interesting. He was an awesome story teller and the song was an added touch.
That place is 100% haunted. Thanks for showing us this!
WOW!!. I could listen to him all day. Thank you for sharing your wonderful adventure. I hope one day I will be able to return and visit Ireland again. It was the best trip I have ever had. It just amazed me that everyone I met on my visit was just like this wonderful man. I have never experienced hospitality as I received in Ireland.
Wow never knew that the brittish could be that cruel back in the days. But interesting history was told from this fantastic gentleman ☺
Love Michael! What a lovely, passionate, man and great tour guide. Love the tours you do around Ireland as well!
I wouldn't call the pathogen that caused the potato blight a "who" but scientists discovered the origins of it through DNA testing about a decade ago. Quite a fascinating story. Scientists assumed that the pathogen came from the U.S. but turned out it came from an area of central Mexico called Toluca Valley.
There are several articles on the discovery for anyone interested in looking it up. The Smithsonian has a detailed article on it from 2013.
"P. infestans is distributed worldwide, with the vast majority comprised of the destructive strain US-1. Most of the other strains of P. infestans occur only in Mexico’s Toluca Valley, where wild potato varieties are indigenous, so scientists long believed that US-1 had been responsible for the 1840s famine."
"Now, an international group of scientists has gone back and sampled the DNA of Irish potato leaves preserved in the collections of London’s Kew Gardens since 1847. In doing so, they discovered that a unique, previously unknown strain of P. infestans that they call HERB-1 caused the blight."
"when the researchers extracted small pieces of intact DNA from the old dried-out potato leaves, originally collected from from Ireland, Great Britain, Europe and North America, and compared them with present-day P. infestans specimens, they found that the strain responsible for the famine differed slightly from today’s US-1."
"Based on their analysis of the genetic variation between the two strains and the other historical samples, they suggest that sometime in 1842 or 1843, the ancestor of the HERB-1 strain of P. infestans made it out of Mexico to North America and then to Europe, perhaps contained within the potatoes that ships carried as food for their passengers. Soon, it spread across the world, triggering famine in Ireland, and persisting until the 1970s, when it died out and was largely replaced by the US-1 strain. The two strains likely split apart sometime soon after their common ancestor made it out of Mexico."
Fascinating detective work.
Love listening to Michael explain the workhouse museum. Very Nice, thank you!
Michael is a treasure, as is his lovely dog. This is a deeply beautiful story - a sort of tribute to the forgotten. Beautiful but sad. Thank You for this wonderful video. Much love. Blessings ❤.
Lovely!
That was a lovely gentle watch and just what Mayo needs to distract us from poor old Enoch Burke's "project"! Lovely accent!!
Clare, if you go to the Hill of Tara, you might meet another such wonderful person, IIRC, his name is also Michael. Not a tour guide per se, but knows quite a bit about the horses, he does. And Tara's pretty.
Maybe it was Matthew
Nope, it was Michael. In the bookstore there
This is amazing, Clare. I love your videos and I don’t think I was ready for how heavy this episode is. Beautiful!
Michael is a great storyteller.
Thank you.
Excellent episode. Thanks.
Great Vlog! As an American female I’ve traveled Ireland with girlfriends 5 times. We fly to Shannon then grab a car. We never arrange anything, traveling on a whim. We’ve stayed in B&B’s, Hostels and even atop of pubs guests of the owner. The Monistary hostel in Letterfrack is mind blowing especially if you visit the cemetery in the Connemara Forest.
Ohhh the Forgotten sculpture got me! Bawling here.
That was great! Very educational and thorough history of the Famine Workhouses. I cannot help to envision "Oliver Twist" that took place in a Pauper's Workhouse but was in England not Ireland.
What a wonderful fella...... Putting this on my list of place to visit
First comment! Looks like an interesting trip. We have a few agricultural fairs here in Massachusetts where I live that have informative attractions that are always cool to see. Editing this, the history of this place as a creamery is cool and that's the sort of attractions we have at our local fairs. The workhouse aspect of it is sad to hear but important to learn the history of. I think Michael does a great job telling the history of the place and doing so with his own personality.
The Choctaw Tribe helped the Irish giving all they had to help during this famine.
I think the Irish helped the choctaw tribe during Covid as a way of saying they remember and are grateful for their help. But I’m not sure look it up tho.
Thank you for this, I love hearing people who are passionate about history tell us about it.
Can’t wait